the world cup, got a gold medal. in the world cup, i dropped my diet which caused us to come second instead of first. this time it was down to chris. he dropped his dive. it is something to work on for the future. when you are diving, do you know when you have made a mistake like that? you can feel when something is right or wrong. after my dive, i came out of the water and i was so excited because mine was really good. i saw chris and he had a look on his face saying, i made a mistake. i really wa nted saying, i made a mistake. i really wanted this one. but that is what it is about in sport. in diving, things can go wrong in a second just like that. what is your relationship like with chris? really good. we lived together for five years and train together for five years and train together all that time doesn't really enjoyed it. we have been best mate since 2010. it has been very nice and comforting having some and you are nice and comforting having some and you a re really nice and comforting having some and you are really close to sing

alongside you. i imagine without that it would be a stale competition. we would have good fun and it is a real pleasure to compete alongside each other. what is next? we have the world championships. that will be the biggest event of the year. it is the really big one we will be working towards. a lot of pressure, a lot of nerves. with the performances i have done the sheer there is no reason why cannot do extremely well and get the qualification spot for my country. —— done this year. are you thinking about olympics? it is in the back of my mind but it is about taking every week at a time. trying to be the best i can. if you focus on the olympics too much you can get distracted from the everyday things you need to work on. for me it is about the national championships in germany are moving forward. the olympics is all within the back of my mind. that is all we have time.

more sport for you throughout the evening. let's get more now on our lead story this evening. aretha franklin has died at the age of 76. earlier my colleague simon mccloy —— mccoy spoke to sister sledge. they described how she inspired them and they were teenagers. she had a relationship with her sisters which inspired us. we sing many of the songs she recorded. there was something so special about

the tightness, the fabric of the music in the fabric of the voices as sisters. the challenge of the harmonies. beautiful harmonies. daydreaming harmonies. beautiful harmonies. dayd reaming and harmonies. beautiful harmonies. daydreaming and i am thinking of you. sing it. lyrics i'm dave —— look at my mind, floating away. that ta kes look at my mind, floating away. that takes me back. that is sheer gospel, isn't it? it is. the heart of god pouring out. she was a mean pianist as well. eltonjohn has been referring to that. she was the whole deal. the whole package. she really was. even her life experiences brought life to what she was singing

as well. if there were hard times you have to be able to convey something you can best express something you can best express something when you have been through it. when she sang she painted the story. she really painted the picture of what she sang. as black women growing up in the united states, there was a voice that also got listen to in other places. yes, it was and it was her voice. she spoke for hardships and plights. it was and it was her voice. she spoke for hardships and plightslj admire just the grace and the class and the poise that she carried, knowing the things that she may have had to carry, that she came through that. such an example in such encouragement. i think of the heart and the fire and the fight. she had that as well. that was all about

her. when you see her performing at inauguration for a president and in front of presidents, there is an audience there that 30, a0 years ago perhaps would not have listened. she changed things. she did. we were this past year in a performance for the pope. just the faction was on the pope. just the faction was on the same stage, aretha franklin was here. did you talk to her? there we re here. did you talk to her? there were so here. did you talk to her? there we re so many here. did you talk to her? there were so many people that day because of security for the pope. so, everybody is pretty much isolated. we were i to i. what about the song she sang? a great singer can turn a pretty rubbish song into something that she seemed also to be able to pick some pretty good songs. yes, she did. she sang songs with meaning. that is why i said she was such a great writer. she sang songs that were relevant and relevant to her, relevant to her life, and they

spoke to our lives. why don't you try a little tenderness? wearing the same old funky dress, the same old shabby dress. try a little tenderness. when she sang mack, she sang that song. she knew it transformed women who were in that state will stop that is about us. —— sang that. singers who had the same background, had the same soul, the influence was huge. it was huge. i do believe that was a historical thing as well. if you look at the history of soul music, coming out of even generations back from slavery days trying to be happy in spite of situations around you in reaching deeper than your circumstances to really bring something going to bring life to people and hope and

encouragement, she could turn the song into a new transformation for someone else, just because it was a song but it was a life song. what did you put on at home and listen if you wanted to hear aretha franklin? what was the song? respect. as tributes go, this does not get much better. just love her. it would be respect, would it? we do want to ta ke respect, would it? we do want to take this opportunity to send our deepest condolences to matt wrote to the family. of course. —— our deepest condolences... for a look at the weather. good evening. most of us have seen a bit of rain over the last day or so and

that has ushered in some much cooler, fresh air. pretty cool as we go through what is left of this evening and tonight. a mix of clear spells and showers. the showers most plentiful across parts of western scotla nd plentiful across parts of western scotland and northern ireland and a few in the north west of england. further south and east it will the dry with clear spells. temperatures around eight, 9 degrees. in the countryside temperatures well down to single digits. in the south—east of england and the channel islands and will stay bright with sunshine. in the west more in a way of clouds spilling in. mostly likened patchy rain in northern ireland and the west of wales. temperatures in the south—east are tuned to creep up. for many it will be a humid weekend, especially in the south, and there will be some rain at times. to the top of his sport — and diving off.

there he is, london 2012. and he become a dad just seven weeks ago. and our second guest's dreams came true when she was catapulted to the top of the charts after releasing her first single, which appropriately enough was all about dreams coming true. please welcome, tom daley and gabrielle! we alsojoined by we also joined by karen we alsojoined by karen gibson, conductor of the kingdom choir, we will be doing a wonderful tribute piece us. you are here to reflect on today's sad news. the sad news today is that the queen of soul, aretha franklin, has died aged 76. don't play that song for me, it brings back memories, of days that i once knew, fills my heart with pain

applause great sadness, but there is a real this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 7pm. aretha franklin, the "queen of soul" known for hits like respect and ‘say a little prayer‘ dies at the age of 76. as soon as news of her death broke — tributes began pouring in from around the globe — from eltonjohn to diana ross, sir paul mccartney to sister sledge. such a great about her, such a confidence, such a strength. she was a queen, literally. she was a queen, literally. in other news — a rise in the number of a level students getting top grades — the most for six years. allegations that a call to armed jihad was heard at the didsbury mosque linked to the manchester arena bomber salman abedi.